Carpet-fastener.



Patented Nov. I9, |90l.

G. L. WEBB.

CARPET FASTENER.

.'Appliction led Feb. 14, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNrTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. VEBB, OE IIARRODSBURG, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OE ONF-HALE TO JAMESR. RUSSELL, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CARPET-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,789, dated November19, 1901.

Application filed February 14, 1901. Serial No. 47,338. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LWEBB, acitizen of the United States,residing at Harrodsburg, in the county of Mercer and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Carpet-Fastener, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to carpet-fastenings, and has for its object toprovide an improved device of this character which is arranged forconvenience in securing to a floor and to facilitate the engagement anddisengagement of the carpet, so as to permit of the latter being laidand taken up to be cleaned with comparative ease and without damage tothe carpet. It is furthermore designed to insure a durable connectionbetween the device and the carpet, so as to prevent the latter fromtearing away from the former and to render the device ornamental withoutbeing obstruotive.

With these and other object-s in View the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed outin the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View illustrating theapplication of the present fastening. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalsectional View taken through the fastening in its locked position. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the device in its open position. Fig.4 is a detail view with the upper member raised to expose the connectionbetween the fastener and the carpet. Fig. 5 is a side view thereof.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in .all ofthe figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the lower member of thefastenenwhich is formed from a metallic plate of suitable size anddesign, having an intermediate spring-tongue 2 struck up therefrom,whereby the rear edge of'the plate is bifurcated. At opposite sides ofthe tongue the rear edge of the plate is rolled over upon the upper facethereof to form the corresponding bearingsleeves 3, and the front edgeof the plate is rolled over to form a transverse bearing-sleeve 4,extending for the entire width of the plate. Adjacent to the pair ofbearing-sleeves the opposite edges of the plate are provided with thecorresponding projections 5, which are bent 6o laterally over upon theupper side of the plate, so as to form oppositely-disposed hookedkeepers, with their bills or open sides upon the inner sides of thekeepers. At points substantially midway between the front and rear edgesof the plate and at opposite sides of the spring-tongue are provided theperforations 6 for the reception of suitable fastenings to be driveninto a floor, whereby the device is rigidly secured in place adjacent tothe wall 7o of a room or at such place as to bein position forengagement with one edgeof the carpet to be secured to the floor.

A carpet-engaging device in the form of a staple 7 has its intermediateportion pivotally 75 mounted within the outer terminal bearingsleeve 1tand is designed to be swung over upon the top of the bottom plate,whereby its free pointed extremities are designed to strike against theinner sides of the respcc- 8o tive keepers 5, and as the staple isforced downwardly upon the plate the sides of the staple will be drawninwardly in opposite directions by the beveled or inclined sides of thekeepers until the sides of the staple finally snap or spring outwardlyinto the interior of the keepers after passing the free ends of thebills, or, in other words, when they reach the slots that communicatewith the interior of the keepers, whereby the staple is locked 9oagainst accidental release.

An ornamental upper member or plate 8 has its rear edge provided with abearingsleeve 9, that is received in-the interval between the pair ofsleeves 3, and a pivot-pin 95, lO is passed through the alined sleeves,so as to form a pivotal or hinged connection between the two members,whereby the upper plate may be swung downwardly upon the lower plate, soas to cover and protect the loo staple. The free extremity of thespringtongue 2 is designed to bear frictionally upon the bearing-sleevevof the top plate, so as to place a tension thereon, and said sleeve isprovided with a notch or recess 1l in its upper side and into which thespring-tongue is designed to snap, so as to hold the top plate firmlyclosed down upon the lower plate and thereby prevent accidental risingot said top plate.

In using the device it is first fixedly secured to the floor by means oftacks or other suitable fastenings driven through the perforations inthe bottom plate or body. The carpet-engaging staple is then stoodupwardly and the edge of the carpet pressed downwardly upon the pointedends of the staple, so as to thrust the latter through the former, afterwhich the staple is swung downwardly upon the body, so as to spring itsopposite extremities into the respective keepers on the body, and,finally, the top plate is closed downwardly, as shown in Fig. l, wherebythe carpet is secured in a neat, attractive, and substantial manner. Thetop plate is preferably convexed, with its marginal edge rounded orbeveled downwardly, so as to avoid an abrupt marginal edge, and therebypreclude the possibility of the plate being accidentally kicked up bythe feet of persons passing over the fastening.

What is claimed isl. A carpetfastener, comprising a body constructed forattachment to a floor, a carpet-piercing device hinged or pivoted to thefront portion of the body and constructed to fold rearwardly anddownwardly upon the upper side of the body, and a keeper at the rearportion of the body and arranged for engagement by the carpet-piercingdevice when it is folded upon the body.

2. A carpet-fastener, comprising a body constructed for attachment to afloor, a stapleshaped carpet-piercing device hinged or pivoted to theforward portion of the body and constructed to fold downwardly andrearwardly thereon, and opposite keepers for the respectivesides of thecarpet-piercing device when the latter is folded upon the body.

3. A carpet-fastener, comprising a body constructed for attachment to afloor, and having its front edge folded into a bearing-sleeve, andportions of its opposite side edges bent into opposite keepers, and astaple-shaped carpet-piercing device having its intermediate portionpivotally mounted within the sleeve, andits free ends constructed toengage the keepers when the said device is folded over upon the body.

4.. A carpet-fastener, comprising a body, a carpet-piercing devicehinged to the forward portion of the body and constructed to foldrearwardly and downwardly thereon ,and a guard member hinged to the rearportion of the body and constructed to fold downwardly and forwardlyupon the carpet-piercing device.

5. A carpet-fastener, comprising a body, a carpet-piercing device hingedto the forward portion thereof and constructed to fold downwardly andrearwardly thereon, a guard hinged to the rear portion of the body andconstructed to fold downwardly and forwardly upon the carpet-piercingdevice, and a springtongue carried by the body and in frictionalengagement with the hinged connection between the guard mem ber and thebody to form a tension device for the former.

6. A carpet-fastener, comprising a platemetal body, having aspring-tongue struck up from the rear edge portion thereof, whereby theplate is bifurcated, and the opposite sides of the bifurcation beingfolded into corresponding bearing-sleeves, a carpet-piercin g devicehinged to the forward portion of the body and constructed to folddownwardly and rearwardly thereon, and a guard, having a bearing-sleevearranged between the bearin gsleeves of the body, and a pivot-pin passedthrough the alined sleeves, the free end of the tongue being arranged infrictional engagement with the sleeve of the guard, and the latterconstructed to fold downwardly upon the carpet-piercin g device when thelatter is folded.

7. A carpet-fastener, comprising a platemetal body, having aspring-tongue struck up from the rear edge thereof, whereby the plate isbifurcated, and the opposite sides of the bifurcation being folded intocorresponding transverse bearing-sleeves, the forward edge of the platebeing folded into a transverse bearing-sleeve, there being rear lateralprojections upon opposite side edges of the plate and folded inwardlyinto hook-shaped keepers, a staple-shaped carpet-piercing device havingits intermediate portion hinged within the frontbearing-sleeve,andconstructed to fold downwardly and rearwardly upon theplate with its free extremities snapped into engagement with therespective keepers, and a guard having a bearing-sleeve fitted betweenthe corresponding sleeves of the body-plate, and a pivot-pin passedthrough the alined sleeves, the free end of the springtongue beingarranged in frictional engagement with the sleeve of the guard, and saidsleeve having'a notch for the reception of the tongue in the foldedposition of the guard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. WEBB.

Witnesses:

J. L. WVEBB, J. B. EDWARDS.

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